As you know, it remains three days until the final release of the stable version of Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) which will bring more new features and improvements compared to previous releases. In this article, we will try to give some basic tips that you need to perform after installing Ubuntu 12.10. If you think that we missed something useful in this article, you can mention it below (comment form).1. Change Repsoitory Server Location

It's recommended that you configure Ubuntu to download, update, or upgrade packages from the main server rather than using location-based servers. You can do this as follows:

- Run this command:

sudo software-properties-gtk

- Set now this option under the "Ubuntu Software" tab:

Download from: Main server

- In the "Other Software" tab, make sure these options are selected:

* Canonical Partners* Canonical Partners (Source Code)

- Close the window and run an update with this command:

sudo apt-get update

2. Update/Install Device Drivers

In Ubuntu 12.10, jockey-gtk has been superseded by software-properties for managing third-party driver configuration. So, to access this feature, open the terminal and run this command:

sudo software-properties-gtk

Open now the "Additional Drivers" tab, then install any detected driver for your keyboard, wireless cards, graphics cards, etc.

For Nvidia graphics cards, it is recommended that you use Nvidia proprietary drivers instead of Nouveau to be able to get better graphics performance in games, HD videos and so on. You can install the latest Nvida driver using the x-swat PPA (stable) with the following commands:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install nvidia-current nvidia-settings

Using the same PPA, you can also install AMD Catalyst driver with these commands:

sudo apt-get install fglrx-installer

sudo aticonfig --initial -f

For NVIDIA Optimus laptops, you can install the graphics driver with these commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia

3. Installing Multimedia Packages

To be able to play some restricted media formats (MP3, AVI, DVD, etc.) under Ubuntu 12.10, install the "ubuntu-restricted-extras" package with this command:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

4. Installing A Web Server

If you want to test PHP projects on Ubuntu 12.10, your best choice is the LAMP server which can be installed with this command:

sudo apt-get install lamp-server^

You can find here detailed instructions for installing a LAMP server on Ubuntu.